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and he stepped back q little, drew his re-
u0luar and I'D.

volver, and growlHd:
"Now, banty, get down On your mar
row-bones, or you'll take dose of cad"
Sloane leaned on the bar with his elbow
and slipped his wine slowly, paying no
further attention 20 anyone. He was,
| perhaps, g minute and g half finishing his
glass, and during the last half minute he
was covered with the mans revolver.
| When be set the glass down he wiped his
mouth, returned the handkerchief, and
! then turned and advanced upon the ruffian.
! The man fred point blank at MS head, cut
off lock o! hair, and the bullet killed
| the bartender. Before he could fire agsln
| George seized him, one hand on his throat
aud the other on his knee, lifted hin high
in the air, and held hm thus for ten sec
ends. Then he gave the body fling
| upon some whisky barrels Jea feet away.
| l. was eli astonishing feat Of strength,
snd the silence CT death fell upon tae
room. When il vas broken i WAS by 9
man who hsd tip-foed over 70 the barrels
20 look st the rutiian, and who hOarsely
Whispered:
"Great heavens. Tom is SIS dead as
| fsh :"
SO he was. Taa iron fingers had
clOk5d the life CUT OF him ag he Wss held
/
most every bone in him was broken.
| George stood there for two long minutes
looking from one to the other, and t1en
asked;
'Does anybody else want me to 90
down or nay knees?"
Never man replied, Never a hSrd
was lifted, and we went slo,,ly out and
mounted our horses and rode away uum0-
| Tested.
A month Or so later we were at Wsco.
and one night attended tire performance
g. e concert hall. 4 rougher crowd
| couldn't have been brcugat together
IN the first tive minutes Of our stay,
saw three tumblers Of beer shot ou5 Of
the hands Of waters, aud hat vas
knocked rom the head of che OF The
stage performers by s bullet | scented
row and wanted 20 go, but GeoTg
asked me 20 visit 8 Bit Directly in froot
OF rs sat an OutIaw from the Indian Ter
utory. He vas in an ugly frame q
mind, ana anxious for blood letting, and
| pretty soon he IuTred on Us with:
(Which Of you yermin sp.s or NY
h2t:''
"Neither Of US, Sir" politely answered
my friend.
"You are g id liar" shouted the
man, as ne rose up.
ono shooting! No shootiGg." called q
| hundred voices, sud the stage perform
anCe was stopped TO see the row out We
were chock up 10 the side Of the hell,
| with wide aisle in cur 'front.'. Retreet
| YES cut Of, while we could be spproscned
by three men abreast. We pat our backs
to tha wall. and | called out that we were
un2rmed and wanted fair play Twenty
| people shouted back that we should have
III but in place OF two men approaching
us whole hall dozen Jumped into the
aisle.
"Leave them ell to me-" whispered
George, ald nc obliged me to do so BY
stepping in front.
The crowd came at Us with rush,
sleeves no enc fists clenched. George
stepped out to meet them. Bif! bif!
went his iron knuCkies, and every man
Yves knocked down inside of forty sec :
oEds, an6 that before one Of them could
get in blow. Then George picked each
one up ia turn, gave him & shake which
elected howl OF pain, and flung him
| among the spectators. Not one OF them
| came baCk after more, and no one else il
the audience Csred to NEEDLE with us. Ii
was over in five minutes, ard after the
stage manager had rendered L vote Of
thanks, the performance went oa. Three
OF the five men received broken limbs in
the toss, and one was made cripple for
life by having his spine injured.
One OF the nerviest things in Slosne's
whole career happened at Nsvasots, on
the BraZos river. We were sitting on
the verands of the hotel, when fighter
entered the village on horseback, and
armed with Winchester and two revoI-
vers. He took a drink or two, and then
started to capture the town. There Was
only one street, and he rode up and down
this ct full gsllcp, firing right snd
left and uttering terrific yells. In FIVE
minutes he had the town. People dis
appeared from sight with amazing &C.
lerity, and every body was thoroughly
cowed. The fellow fired two shots
among the sitters on the versnda, end
we stampeded. l own up that had no
desire for s closer acquaintance with
the rufiian, and | was among
the first to seek cover. When
we were all inside l peered
cautiously from window and saw Sloane
still outside. BE was on his feet, leaning
aGalnst column Of the veranda and
smoking cigar as coOlly as you please.
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shook his head. Appeals were made By
others, but he turned def esr.
The cowboy had By this time reached
the lower end OF the street and turned 10
come back. He cams at full galIop, but
checked his horse in front OF the hotel
and fred three shots st Sloane from q
distance CT fifty feet. The first tipped
past his head; the other two cut cloth
without drawing blood. We were look
ing full al The shooter from the windows
and as ne fred Ms third shot without
bringing bis man look of wonder came
to his face and be bent forward for
closer look and shouted:
"Who are you, man or devi ?"
George sauntered along to the steps.
slowly descended and approached the
man. and as he came near enough he
| grabbed for him. Next inst2nt the cow
| boy Was pulled eff his horse and being
literally mopped all over the ro2d. He;
tried to use weapon, but was disarmed
with scarcely an effort. and whe nGeorge
got through with him he lay as one dead.
| Rife, reviewers and knife were broken
snd flung into hesp beside him, and
George sat down on the steps to finish
his smoke. He had kept his cigar alight
| thrNngh ha